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Stay current on the latest news and information about LEGO, from sales & deals to new set announcements. We also cover LEGO events and conventions all over the world.

New LEGO Star Wars UCS set – 10240 Red Five X-wing Starfighter [News]

The next set in the Ultimate Collectors Series of LEGO Star Wars sets brings back the X-wing – 10240 Red Five X-wing Starfighter. Due out this May, the set will include 1,558 pieces and retail for $200 here in the States.

I’ve upload all the official photos to Flickr, and here’s the designer video as well:

Here’s the official info from LEGO:

10240 – Red Five X-wing Starfighter™

Ages 16+. 1,558 pieces.
Build the ultimate LEGO® Star Wars™ X-wing Starfighter!
US $199.99 CA $249.99 DE 199.99€ UK 169.99 £ DK 1699.00 DKK

Collect and create the most highly detailed LEGO® Star Wars™ X-wing Starfighter ever produced. This iconic starfighter is featured in many of the most exciting Star Wars battle scenes, including the decisive battle scene above planet Yavin™. Recreate the moment when Luke Skywalker’s X-wing delivered the proton torpedo that led to the destruction of the Imperial Death Star! With 1,558 pieces, this realistically detailed model features opening wings and cockpit, a special display stand, data sheet label and R2-D2.

Includes R2-D2 atromech droid

Features highly authentic detailing, and opening wings and cockpit

Includes 1558 pieces

Measures over 10″ (26cm) high, 20″ (52cm) long and 18″ (46cm) wide

Includes display stand and data sheet label!

Available for sale directly through LEGO® beginning
May 2013

Programming note: Although this info was supposed to go out only after 1 PM PST, one of LEGO’s official channels leaked the story early, so our post is online a few minutes ahead of schedule. FBTB has the amusing tale of the “Worst. Product launch. Ever.”

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10232 Palace Cinema available now for VIP Program members [News]

The latest modular LEGO building isn’t officially out until next month, but if you’re a LEGO VIP Program member, you can order 10232 Palace Cinema today. Make sure you’re logged in over on LEGO.com before clicking through from here.

Photo above links to the page for US readers.

UK readers: 10232 Palace Cinema
Canadian readers: 10232 Palace Cinema

FriendsBricks wishes you a Happy Valentine’s Day as well. [News]

We recently received a press release from the administrators of a new LEGO fan community dedicated to the popular new theme, LEGO Friends. The site is called FriendsBricks.

We are a worldwide community of Friends fans: Our members are AFOLs, TFOLs, Parents, Sisters and Brothers — some seasoned LEGO fans & builders, and some newly discovering the love of building through Friends bricks. Our core purpose is sharing creations, reviews & news. Since the January 1st, 2012 launch of LEGO Friends, Heartlake City life has been inspiring us. Stop by www.FriendsBricks.com and join in the Friendship!

If you are a fan of LEGO Friends you should go check it out!

LEGO Friends 3189 Heartlake Stables + Brandenburg Gate on sale

Amazon.com has discounted 3189 Heartlake Stables by more than 30%, down $15.99 from $49.99 (thus you pay only $34).

Amazon also has 21011 Brandenburg Gate (or as FBTB calls it, a sand green cheese battle pack) on sale for $22.97, down 34% from $34.99 (you save $12.02).

Toy Fair NY 2013 LEGO coverage by FBTB – LOTR, Lone Ranger, Star Wars, & more

We’ll get to the annual Toy Fair trade show in New York at some point, but in the meantime, FBTB continues to provide great coverage of all the upcoming LEGO sets we can expect in 2013.

Show highlights include new LEGO Lord of the Rings sets, the usual Star Wars assortment, and the first official unveiling of the Lone Ranger sets based on the upcoming movie.

Before you dive into the pictures, one important note: LEGO sets and packaging displayed at toy industry trade shows are often (but not always) prototypes. This can be particularly noticeable on the minifigs, which may have stickers on their torsos instead of printing, and accessories may even be milled or 3D-printed rather than injection-molded. Enjoy the preview, but save your “quality” commentary until official photos or the sets themselves have been released later.

LEGO Lone Ranger

It looks like there will be six sets to accompany the new Disney version of The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp as Tonto. LEGO designer Marcos Bessa has shared one official photo of 79111 Constitution Train Chase, so I’ll include that here alongside FBTB’s pictures.

Here’s the full list of LEGO Lone Ranger sets (revealing movie spoilers, in case you care):

79106 Cavalry Builder Set (photos)
79107 Comanche Camp (photos)
79108 Stagecoach Escape (photos)
79109 Colby City Showdown (photos)
79110 Silver Mine Shootout (photos)
79111 Constitution Train Chase (photos)

LEGO Lord of the Rings

After a holiday season full of new LEGO Hobbit sets, Lord of the Rings returns with a fresh batch of four sets due out in June, including 79006 The Council Of Elrond:

The full list (spoilers only if you’ve been living in a cave for the past 50 years):

79005 The Wizard Battle (photos)
79006 The Council of Elrond (photos)
79007 Battle at the Black Gate (photos)
79008 Pirate Ship Ambush (photos)

Ace and his crew have also posted a few videos, starting with a preview of Battle at the Black Gate:

Here’s Pirate Ship Ambush:

LEGO Star Wars

Tatooine has always been my favorite planet in the Star Wars universe, so I’ve been enjoying the recent focus on that planet for sets from the Classic Trilogy, such as the updated 75020 Jabba’s Sail Barge, complete with Max Rebo:

New 2013 LEGO Star Wars sets unveiled at Toy Fair this year include:

75006 Jedi Starfighter & Kamino (photos)
75007 Republic Assault Ship & Coruscant (photos)
75008 TIE Bomber & Asteroid Field (photos)
75015 Corporate Alliance Tank Droid (photos)
75016 Homing Spider Droid (photos)
75017 Duel On Geonisis (photos)
75018 Jek-14’s Stealth Starfighter (photos)
75019 AT-TE (photos)
75020 Jabba’s Sail Barge (photos)
75021 Republic Gunship (photos)
75022 Mandalorian Speeder (photos

Other LEGO themes

Other lines with new sets unveiled at Toy Fair this past weekend include more Galaxy Squad, Technic, board games, and a new LEGO Castle theme due out in August:

Mark Larson sits down for a Q&A about the new LegoLand Hotel in California.

Mark Larson has been no stranger to readers of The Brothers Brick. Mark is now working for LEGO as a Master Modeler. One of his recent projects has been working on the new Legoland hotel, set to open in April at Legoland California.

Mark recently did an interview with Huffington Post Travel and answered many questions about his work on the hotel, his job with LEGO and how to get a dragon in a bathtub to talk (spoiler alert: it’s secret LEGO magic).

Click on the picture to read the interview.

Amazon.com LEGO sales & deals – Jan 29, 2013

We highlighted some LEGO sales & deals on Amazon.com late last week, but for those who missed that post, there are still some pretty sweet discounts on LEGO.

Highlights include 4440 Police Forest Station, which is currently marked as “pre-order,” but the page says it’ll be in stock on February 1. At 28% off (5% more off since last Friday), you save over $22.

Other items still on sale:

Amazon.com LEGO sales & deals for Jan 25, 2013

Amazon currently has some pretty good sales going on, here are the highlights:

LEGO Kingdoms Joust 10223 (25% off)

LEGO Monster Fighters 9463 The Werewolf (35% off)

Lego Friends Heartlake Stables 3189 (32% off)

LEGO® Architecture Brandenburg Gate 21011 (34% off)

LEGO City Police Forest Station 4440 (23% off)

LEGO Star Wars 9516 Jabba’s Palace (17% off)

LEGO Star Wars 9496 Desert Skiff (28% off)

LEGO Wolverine Chopper Showdown 6866 (25% off)

LEGO Architecture Farnsworth House 21009 (42% off)

Series 10 Minifigures to contain rare gold minifigs

The London Toy Fair revealed that the Series 10 Minifigures will contain 5,000 gold minifigs randomly distributed across the world. Sounds interesting, what do you think?

Registration open for Brick Fiesta in Dallas July 4-7, 2013

Registration is now open for the third annual Brick Fiesta that will take place in Dallas from July 4-7. This is a standard 4 day Lego convention with the usual activities you’d expect plus the weekend public exhibit. I will of course be there since I am a Dallas resident and I hope to see many of you there!

Reminder: The Brothers Brick on Facebook & Twitter

We had some intermittent downtime this evening, and I used Facebook and Twitter to communicate with our readers about our status.

That reminded me that it’s been a long time since we let everyone know out there who isn’t already a subscriber on either of those other services that you can get notifications about new posts here on The Brothers Brick without ever leaving Facebook or Twitter.

Like our page on Facebook to get updates about new TBB posts right on your Facebook home page.
Follow us on Twitter for tweets whenever we post something here.

Both of these are great ways to get in touch with us if you’re having trouble with our (sadly all-too-often buggy) contact page. We also hope to have a mobile-optimized site online sometime soon, making it even easier to stay current with TBB when you’re on the go.

While we’re at it, I’ll highlight a few more ways to get your TBB fix beyond Brothers-Brick.com.

YouTube automatically aggregates all the videos we’ve highlighted.
As always, our RSS feed lets you get full posts in your favorite reader, Google homepage, or wherever feeds are supported.
For all the photos we’ve featured from Flickr, there’s a Flickr group. And in case you didn’t notice it in my post about the new modular set yesterday, TBB now has a Flickr account of its own.

Finally, I’ll mention our Google+ page. Unfortunately (the last time I checked), Google hasn’t released an API that lets sites like Brothers-Brick.com post updates to G+ pages, so it’s just a placeholder for now. We know that we have readers at Google, so *nudge nudge*

10232 Palace Cinema officially unveiled – new modular LEGO set [News]

The newest LEGO set in the modular building line, 10232 Palace Cinema is being officially unveiled this evening at BrickFair Alabama in Birmingham. Though LEGO’s official photos surfaced earlier this month, this is the first time we’ve gotten details about pricing and release date. 10232 Palace Cinema will return the line to its traditional price point of $150 USD for 2,194 pieces and 6 minifigs, with a release date in March.

Naturally, Palace Cinema connects to all the other modular buildings.

The set comes with an open-top stretch limo.

The interior includes seats, a projector & screen, and concession stand.

I’ve uploaded all the photos to a photoset on Flickr.

Here’s the official announcement from LEGO:

10232 Palace Cinema

Ages 16+. 2,194 pieces.
US $149.99 CA $199.99 DE 139,99€ UK 119.99 £ DK 1,099.00 DKK

Build a grand premiere at the Palace Cinema!

It’s premiere night at the Palace Cinema! Illuminate the night sky with the spotlights as the child star arrives in a fancy black limousine! Gather the crowd on the star-studded sidewalk, then head into the detailed lobby with a concession stand and ticket area! Take the grand staircase into the theater with a large screen, movie projector and reclining chairs for 6 minifigures. Introducing the latest addition to the LEGO® Modular Buildings series, the highly detailed, 2-story Palace Cinema corner building. This collectible model features a sidewalk of the stars, brick-built entrance doors, posters, sign frontage, a tower with spires and rooftop decorations. Includes 6 minifigures: child actress, chauffeur, female guest, male guest, photographer and cinema worker.

Includes 6 minifigures: child star, chauffeur, female guest, male guest, photographer and cinema worker

Features brick-built entrance doors, posters, sign frontage, tower with spires and rooftop decoration, lobby, concession stand, ticket area, staircase, big screen, projector and reclining seats for 6 minifigures

Vehicles include classic-style limousine

Hard-to-find elements include a red baseplate and dark tan, dark red, and gold pieces

Seat a 6-minifigure audience in the reclining seats!

Play on the star-studded sidewalk, in the detailed lobby or in the big-screen theater!

Collect and build an entire town with the LEGO® Modular Buildings collection: 10224 Town Hall, 10218 Pet Shop and 10211 Grand Emporium!

Palace Cinema measures 15″ (38cm) high, 10″ (25.5cm) wide, and 10″ (25.5cm) deep

Limousine measures 1.6″ (4cm) high, 5.9″ (15cm) long, and 1.9″ (5cm) wide

Available for sale directly through LEGO® beginning

March 2013 via shop.LEGO.com, LEGO® Stores or via phone